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A First Look at Advertising with Amazon
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
by meowmeowmeow21.deviantart.com I’m sure you remember my step-by-step tutorial on how to advertise with Amazon. Three weeks later, I have some preliminary results, which, as promised, I’m sharing with you, so that you can learn from my mistakes. In a nutshell: I’ve failed. The experiment has so far been a…
#Authors – Self Publishing Mistakes – Bad URL Links
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
To read this GREAT INFORMATIVE article by Derek Haines, click on the image or link below: http://www.derekhaines.ch/justpublishing/self-publishing-mistakes-bad-url-links/
How We Share On Social Media
Originally posted on International Book Promotion:
Social media marketing has become a must to expand your network and business. How has it been helping your book sales? Share your thoughts here as we are excited to see what social media has been doing for authors.
Survey about Reading Habits (How do YOU Read?)
Originally posted on chrismcmullen:
Image from Shutterstock READING SURVEY How do you prefer to read books? How often do you read? Authors, would you like to know your readers’ habits? Readers, would you please participate in a quick survey? I’ll leave the survey up indefinitely, so anyone who finds it can take it. Just look…
Twitter Tips
Originally posted on writerchristophfischer:
Here are the links to three useful blog posts and articles about twitter. First up an article on how activity on twitter might help your presence in the google search engines: http://www.indiesunlimited.com/2015/02/16/twitter-announces-deal-with-google/ “We struggle every day as authors to get the word out about what we do. It’s important to be…
Fiction Writing: Creating the Perfect Hero
Originally posted on AnitaLovett.com:
Fiction writing smolders down to the basic concept of good versus evil. A good story will include a hero and a villain duking it out in a twisted plot designed to keep the reader on their toes. The really good stories—the ones we can’t put down—are home to unlikely and…
When writing some types of fiction, how accurate do you have to be?
Originally posted on Have We Had Help?:
Unlike some genres, when it comes to pure science fiction, if you as the author prefer a quiet life, the answer is – extremely! If you want examples of wild inacurracy, look no further than the many sci-fi films and video games churned out by Hollywood and others.…
5 things I hate about being an indie author
Originally posted on Suffolk Scribblings:
Image by nate at https://www.flickr.com/photos/okaycity/ licensed under creative commons. ? Think indie publishing is all flowers and glitter? Think again. Here are the top 5 things I hate about indie publishing*: *warning: there may be satire ahead 1 Up to the minute stats They say ignorance is bliss, and in…
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